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(THE MED CITY BEAT) - More than 1,300 Minnesotans responded to a voluntary online survey designed to gauge interest in the state's news medical cannabis program.

The survey asked potential patients several questions designed to provide program planners with more information such as patients' qualifying conditions, likelihood of participating in the program, and location in the state.

Graphic: Minnesota Department of Health

According to the Minnesota Department of Health, 70 percent of respondents said that they were likely to register for the program, while 24 percent said that they might apply. Nearly 10 percent of the respondents were under 18.

The most common qualifying conditions patients would use cannabis for include:

51.5 percent: multiple sclerosis or severe muscle spasms

17.6 percent: cancer

17.5 percent epilepsy or seizures

Somewhere between 20 and 60 people from Olmsted County participated in the survey.